Au contraire, mon frere! I agree that the process today is wwwaaayyy to abbreviated and undemanding. However, one soror cannot 'make' a Delta (by vote nor process) so the person has to feel comfortable with the chapter through which she wishes to seek Delta, not just her 'sponsor'.
As I have indicated in other discussions, I would like to see more stringent membership requirements, not necessarily in terms of GPA but in those subjective areas like good character, sisterliness and high ideals. If you are selecting good people who are willing to work, they will gladly be 'pledged' to show their committment. Those who are not willing to pledge are overwhelmingly not willing to work.
The specter of hazing looms because noone wants to go to jail. If someone allow themselves to be subjected to what today is considered hazing, they can be barred for life from Delta. If the process was more like pledging, then they would know exactly what to expect and adapt themselves to that expectation or seek scholarship, sisterhood or service elsewhere.
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Originally posted by DoggyStyle82
Agreed, but do you want someone who did not seek your org to get it easier than you did? Will they be as enthusiastic?, Hardworking? As omni-present as DST is, if someone wanted to be down, they woould. If they know you and you are a good representative of Delta, then why would they assume that they would be hazed or that there was something terrible to be afraid of? If I just wanted to belong to a public service org that had no membership requirements, I would be in Concerned Black Men. However, I wanted to be a Que, which is a unique Brotherhood and which had a different expectation of how to become a member. If the demands of becoming a member are too much for you, we don't want you. Our way of life doesn't fit everyone. That is what makes us special. If not, we will become indistinguishable as the Divine Nine is rapidly becoming. The orgs are watered down as they are.
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